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Hegemony in Asia

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Chin
_______ is the Wade-Giles version of the pinyin Qin
Bureaucracy
Manchus employ Chinese in their government _____________, but the Chinese are limited
India
The B.E.I.C. expanded in _________. They used encroachment to get a foothold. Over a period of 150 years, the company started holding the sub-continent.
Opium
To make up for the trade deficit in China, the B.E.I.C. began selling __________ produced in India to the Chinese.
Fu
____ means yes
Russsio-Japanese
From 1904-1905, the _______________________ War took place. Japan beat Russia.
Dress and Hairstyles
Manchus impose _________ _____ _____________ on Chinese
Q'ing Dynasty
After the Manchus take over the Ming Dynasty they establish the _________________ in 1644
Latin
Barbarian comes from the ______ word for beard (barba) as the Romans had no beards and the foreigners did so they called them Barbarians, yet some people say Barbarians comes from the Tower of Babel
Commodore Matthew Perry
In 1853, ________________________ showed up with five big, black, steam-powered battleships and started firing off cannons.
Xenophobic and Ethocentric
The Japanese were ____________________________.
Anti-Foreign
________________ feelings explode. The Manchu Dynasty has been weakened by the defeat of the Opium War and the destruction of the Taiping Rebellion.
Manchus
_______ decide to take over this land of abundance (the Ming Dynasty)
1644-1911
Manchu China
Chinese Emperor
The _________________ said, "Our Celestial Empire possesses all things in prolific abundance and lacks no product within its own borders. There was therefore no need to import the manufactures of the outside barbarians in exchange for our own produce."
Jesus
Because he was exposed to missionaries, Hong Qui Chuan knew about Christianity and thought he was the brother of _________ (he claimed to have a vision). This means that it must have been after 1842 because Christian missionaries came in under the open door policy (the Treaty of Nanjing).
Manchu China
foreign rule returns
Orient
East
Countryside
Thousands of Boxers begin killing foreign missionaries and Chinese converts in the _____________________. It is expected that the Boxers emerged in the ___________________ because cities are generally more exposed and educated and the Boxers could not read or write.
Canton System
The ________________ was a system in which the Chinese government limited trade and contact with foreigners to the coastal city of _________ in the Southeast region of China. They made the foreigners stay on the coast with a wall between them and the public that only certain Chinese traders could cross. The wall was to separate the "foreign devils" from the Chinese, showing their xenophobia.
Bulletproof
Boxers undergo a ritual that they believe makes them ______________.
Extraterritoriality
____________ is when a person is not subject to the laws of the country they are in. It is the immunity from the jurisdiction of a nation.
Xenophobia
____________ is the irrational fear of foreigners or strangers.
United States
_________________ wants what England has in China (open door policy).
Civil Service Exams
Hong Qui Chuan failed to pass __________________________.
Ching
Qing is pronounced ______
Tibet, Korea, Vietnam
Manchu was successful at a lot of things including expanding China's borders to ______________________________ causing the population to expand
Industrial Revolution
5,000 British soldiers and sailors defeated a nation of nearly 350 million people because their military is superior due to the ___________________.
1793
Lord McCartney's mission in China took place in ________.
Hong Kong
The British turned ____________________ into a great city that prospered.
Dowager
____________ means someone who is ruling because they married into the ruling class.
Portugal
Iasu Tokogawa got guns from ____________. After they get the guns, they tell them to get out, kill the Christian Japanese, and isolate Japan.
Paper Tiger
The British make the long journey back to the coast in disappointment. They notice that the Chinese military is a ________________, meaning that it looks strong but can be easily crushed and defeated.
Q'ing
Manchu is the same thing as _________
Concubine
A _____________ is a mistress or lover without marriage. Empress dowager Cixi was a ____________ because she used unethical tactics to get her position. She slept with anyone with power that would help her get to the top.
Shogunate
When the ruler is a shogun, the government is a ______________.
Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fist
The Boxers called themselves the __________________________________________________.
1839-1842
The Opium War lasted from ______________. The British won.
Border Expansion
The Ming Dynasty was a period of prosperity of trade and ____________________
Capatalism
____________ is the practice of investing money to gain money
Rebellion
The Taiping ________ was like the United States Civil War x50.
Kow Tow
__________ means bow.
Tiger
Do not invite in a __________ to do the job of a cat.
Hong Kong
_____________ translates to Fragrant Harbor.
Han Qui Chuan
Feeding on the unpopularity of the Manchus, _____________________ began a rebellion to create a kingdom of heavenly peasants. It is expected that the majority of his followers were not following him for religious reasons, as most of his followers could not read or write in Chinese let alone reading the Bible in a foreign language. Millions answer his call and he defeats Manchu armies.
Sino-Japanese
In 1895, the _____________________ War took place. Japan beat China.
Toikimori
Samurai leader _______________ makes a final stand known as the Satsumo Rebellion against western influence in Japan.
55 Days
_________ in Peking (Beijing)
Daimyo
___________ means big man. This person is a regional warlord.
Nanjing
Taipings capture southern capital of ______________ and dominated the Yanze Basin.
Privledges
Manchurians are given many _____________
Battle of Plassey
The _______________________ took place in 1757. Robert Clive was sent by the B.E.I.C. with an army of 5,500. He beat the native Bengali Army of 40,000. The victory gained the company control of 90% of India.
Iasu Tokogawa
_______________________ created the United States of Japan. His successes showed that it does not always take strength to be the top dog. He was clever.
Status Quo
__________________ means the way things exist.
Chou
__________ is the Wade-Giles version of the pinyin Zhou
30 Million
All told, ___________________ died during the Taiping Rebellion.
Industrial and Military
Japan had a period of rapid ________________________ after the 2 civil wars.
Nanking
___________ is the Wade-Giles version of the pinyin Nanjing
Northern
Beijing is the ___________ capital of China while Nanjing is the southern capital. Nan means south and Bei means north.
Protocol
There was disagreement with ___________. Lord McCartney refused to bow to the emperor but they eventually came to a compromise, getting down on one knee.
Fu Ming, Bu Q'ing
Many anti-Manchu secret societies were created and ___________________ became their anthem, meaning "For (Yes) Ming, Not Q'ing"
Marry
Manchurians cannot ______ Han Chinese for the approximately 300 year rule
Europe and America
Western influence refers to ______________________.
Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing)
The ____________________________ was made in 1842. Because the British won, the Chinese had to allow the British to trade from 5 seaports and the capital of Bejing. China had to give up the fishing island of Hong Kong to the British for 150 years. China had to recognize extraterritoriality, if a British citizen committed a crime in China that person could only be tried by English authorities.
3 Million
_______________ Taiping rebels were executed.
Isolationist
The Tokogawa shogun was an _____________. The only thing he allowed was a small Dutch trading post near Nagasaki. He wanted this so he could find out what was happening around the world.
Yuan
The dynasty during which the Mongols controlled is called the _________ Dynasty.
British East India Company
The ______________________ was created by English merchants who came together, private investors who purchased ships, paid sailors, and supplied provisions, creating a corporation in 1600, give or take a year.
Archipelago
Japan is an ___________________.
Ch'ing
______ is the Wade-Giles version of the pinyin Q'ing
Wade-Giles
_______________ is the English-made version of writing Chinese out without characters
Pinyin
___________ is the Chinese-made version of writing Chinese out without characters
Encroachment
______________ is the gradual process of taking over a native power, of slowly moving in. A way to remember that encroachment has a negative connotation is that it has roach in it.
Gaijin
Foreign in Japanese
Meiji
The ___________ encouraged Japanese youth to study Britain and the United States and to wear their clothes, listen to their music, etc.
Chi
_______ is the Wade-Giles version of the pinyin Qi
Dai Nippon
Japanese for Land of the Rising Sun
Furtaw
Chinese for Buddhist
Open Door Policy
The English called the Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing) the ________________________.
Forbidden City
The Empress flees the ________________________ and foreign troops loot merchandise. Boxers are defeated and many are executed upon surrender. Qing authorities are forced to pay huge reparations.
Boxers
____________ converge on Beijing and attack foreign embassies.
Manchuria
Because they were plagued with attacks from western tribes (barbarians), Ming payed rugged northern tribes from _____________ to fight for them (50,000 mercenaries let through the wall -- Canton)
Boshin War
Some Japanese advocate embracing change and opening up to western influence. Samurai resist and a civil war called the _________________ breaks out. The Meiji win.
Kamakaze
Divine Wind
Cixi
Empress dowager _________ is ruling. China is awash with foreigners (traders) and missionaries. Q'ing authorities are too weak to dispel outsiders and secret societies emerge.
Poppy
Opium comes from a __________ plant.
Barbarian
enter the ____________, a foreign, mysterious, and often times uncivilized person
Yuan Ze River
The Chinese were amazed that the British could sail up the ____________________.
Imperial
________ troops enter the fight when it seems the Boxers may win. Foreign citizens and thousands of Chinese Christians are trapped in their district (20,000 converts already slaughtered). Eventually, American marines arrive from the coast to rescue those trapped.
Unequal Treaties
The Chinese called the Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing) the _____________________.
Protestants
The majority of the British are ______________.
Thundersticks
______________ are guns.
Forbids
The Chinese Emperor __________ the further sale of opium, but the British did not comply. This caused the Chinese to burn opium ships. The British declare war.
Sino
the English word for things referring to China
Hegemony
__________ is when a nation uses military might to push themselves into someone else's territory.
Trade Deficit
A ______________ or imbalance existed in the 18th century because the British bought silk, tea, and porcelain with silver but the Chinese bought nothing in return. The British exported more from China then they imported.
Beihei
Today Manchuria is part of China but it was not during the Ming Dynasty, it is now ________ in the northeast
Warlord
The shogun is the ______________.
Great Britain
With the help of ___________________, the Manchus triumph over Hong Qui Chuan. This group fought with them before during the Opium War. They helped because they knew that they had the open door policy with the Manchus and they didn't know what the policy would be with the Taipings.
Occident
West
Bu
____ means no
13 Million
Millions of Chinese, ________________, became addicted to opium.
Ming
Until 1644, the ______ Dynasty ruled. It was established after the fall of the Mongols (1388).
Shinto
When Perry arrived, the Japanese freaked out and went to pray to the _________ gods. They did this in 1300 when the Mongols came and a storm arrived and scared them away.
Peking
________ is the Wade-Giles version of the pinyin Beijing
China
The Tokogawa shogun most likely heard about and learned about __________.
Mongols
foreign rule returns implies that foreign rule was there before, the other foreign rule was the ________
Lord MaCartney
The British government dispatched ________________, a nobleman, to meet the Chinese emperor in 1793. The embassy requested an expansion of trade.
Bible Classes
Han Qui Chuan and the people of the Taiping Rebellion brought radical changes in the new "heavenly" kingdom. These were making people attend ___________________ and granting women equality.
Diplomats
In the United States extraterritoriality is granted to foreign _____________.
Piracy
Because the B.E.I.C. was scared of ________, the company offered a percentage of profits to English monarchs in return for being able to fly the English flag. They first made the deal with Elizabeth but it was when she was dying. When James came into power he allowed the company to keep the deal.
Last Samurai
The ____________________ is historically incorrect in several instances including the fact that if anyone looked up to the leader, then he would have his head chopped off.
Treaty of Kanagawa
The ________________________ (1854) was a treaty between America and Japan. It gave America trading rights and ensured that shipwrecked Americans (usually whalers) would not be attacked. It is ironic because the Japanese would attack American whalers before the treaty and today Japan does the most whaling while back then America did.

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